‘One of the top sets in extradition law’, Temple Garden Chambers has a depth of experience acting on behalf of governments and defendants across a range of jurisdictions. A veteran silk of the extradition bar, Rodney Dixon KC acted for the claimant in Ahmed Jaafar Ali v Interpol, a unique civil claim in which the defendant was sued for an illegal extradition from Serbia to Bahrain. At the junior level, prominent individuals include the ’hard working and skilled’ Kathryn Howarth, whose recent work includes two separate extradition proceedings on behalf of the government of Croatia relating to historic allegations of war crimes, and Saoirse Townshend, who acted in Bakai v Slovak Republic, a complex extradition case that related to right to family life under Article 8 ECHR.
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- 'Temple Garden Chambers has a strong extradition team. They are well-prepared and deliver written and oral advocacy to a very high standard. Members of chambers have a wide range of experience in extradition law and are able to handle complex and novel legal issues.'
- 'They have a breadth of practitioners at all levels who have been in many of the leading extradition cases. They also bring public and international law experience to the field.'
- 'Chambers are very helpful, and are able to offer suitable Counsel in all cases.'
- 'Temple Garden are one of the top sets in extradition law.'